I sort of expected this after playing hammer engineer in torchlight 2. It just makes sense (somehow) and it’s great that we will have it in GW2 as well.
The announcement of this expansion is the best thing that could happen for Guild Wars 2. Living story was really nice and all, but it didn’t cut it anymore. I am pretty sure that many GW veterans will come back now and we will see a lot of new faces. A big boon to the game.
Oh and don’t forget the 90k viewers on twitch! Something you could not have achieved with any living world update.
Lich form is what every elite should be, a strong elite skill. However, they’ve put too way too much into skill #1 and #5, encouraging spammy gameplay.
- #1 hits like a train and can oneshot a thief (6-7k crit + 3k chill of death proc + air/fire sigils)
- #2 is useless, waste of casting time
- #3 is rarely used, mainly for preventing stomps
- #4 useless as well, minions die fast
- #5 amazing in team fights
As much as I love traveler runes, I don’t think they suit this spec. You sacrifice a lot of damage. I just use the signet for speed and when I see a fight coming I swap it out…
I mostly duel with this spec though so I don’t need the movement speed, I get the swiftness from the rune and air attunement.
I deleted my 80 asura thief last week because I never played him. I find thief to be such a boring class. The initiative mechanic, no cooldowns, not something I enjoy. Took me a while to realize that. XD
It would be nice if they increased the velocity of the mortar shots, considering that you most of the time have to predict where the enemy is moving. Additionally, increase the range to 2k – 2.5k, so it will at least see some use in WvW during siege scenarios.
It is a good website, but don’t believe everything you read there. Everyone can post builds there. You need to to think outside the box, not copy paste everything 1:1.
Thats actually how i play. I hate just copying builds , however, i like to understand what it is about a build that makes it good so i can decide whether i want to keep that aspect or not. Hence my question as to if anyone knew why melandru runes were used instead of Hoelbrak. On my guard ive played every meta build and then adjusted them or tweaked them with regards to traits, gears, sigils , runes to get to builds that i like to play in PVE, WvW etc.
Im levelling my war and want to do the same. Start off from the "meta’ or popular sets and tweak from there. Just from levelling i have a fair idea of what i want to do but i dont want to reinvent the wheel so its always good to start from a strong base build.
There is NO meta for GS/Hammer builds… It’s Shinryuku’s build and melandru runes are HIS prefered rune set. I think hoelbrak are infinitely better for roaming because of the extra power and might.
It’s all about your preference, more damage? Hoelbrak. Slight increase in survivability? Melandru.
It stated it was part of the metagame so figured that means meta.
I kinda feel that Holebrak should be better too or at least more versatile.
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It is a good website, but don’t believe everything you read there. Everyone can post builds there. You need to think outside the box, not copy paste everything 1:1.
Hi all, can anyone tell me why the Meta GS/Hammer Roaming build uses Melandru runes instead of Hoelbrak?
I see that the Meta GS, Axe/Shield use Hoelbrak. On paper im trying to see why you would want the extra tougness and stun reduction rather than power and might duration for a roaming build.
My war is almost at level 80 and im planning to buy the exotic armor set and runes for WvW. The benefit of getting Hoelbrak is that i can also use it in PVE until i get the gold for a separate set of armor.
Apologies for the ignorance if the answer is obvious.
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There is NO meta for GS/Hammer builds… It’s Shinryuku’s build and melandru runes are HIS prefered rune set. I think hoelbrak are infinitely better for roaming because of the extra power and might.
It’s all about your preference, more damage? Hoelbrak. Slight increase in survivability? Melandru.
It’s the shadow of the dragon, which we’ve seen a billion times in this game already.
And the Ghost is most likely Prince rurik, not Ogden.
A billion?
I would say three at most (once if you played as Sylvari in the Tutorial area, once during the attack on the Pale Tree and once during the Vision).
Amplified Wrath: Burning damage bonus of this trait decreased from 33% to 20%.
Too high of burn damage is gimmicky. Condition Guardian will be compensated in other ways.
Been using sword & shield since beta weekends and headstart, and I’m not stopping now. Even got myself The Flameseeker Prophecies because it’s (objectively) the coolest legendary in the game.
Even if the shield is considered bad, I will always use it. It just completes the Guardian as a profession.
Of course it is COOL and I am happy for you that you enjoy it, but many of us want it to be a viable offhand option in pvp and wvw, which it is not.
I liked many things this year… Wardrobe, reward tracks, account bound gear, changing builds on the fly, EotM BEFORE it became a kittened karma train, etc etc…
What I do NOT like is the stupid gold sink of the NPE, the overly long breaks of Arenanet and the lack of transparency..
Unblockable aoe immobilize with 600 radius and decent bleeding damage on a decently low cooldown. A blast finisher would most likely make it too strong.
Open an online timer for your server, group with like-minded players and do events that you want when you want. Feel yourself as a hero who willingly saves Tyria from daily threats! Feel how the world is living and changing because of you, coordinate with people and announce the next boss you gonna beat!
Beat a world boss with some 3-5 people next to you at low hours, and feel great because it was challenging and fun! Or do not beat it and understand that your efforts were not enough and you should get better.
Now:
After the Megaservers improvement, put a list of times for world bosses next to your PC and stop doing whatever you were doing offline to join the boss you want to play. Feel like you’re doing a scheduled task at your job in the office.
Always be accompanied by a megazerg, tag and spam “111” to win. No need to know the encounter, you won’t see anything because of particle effects and lags.
This really bothers me the most. Not the megaserver itself, but the scheduled world boss events. Dynamic events, one of the biggest strengths in guild wars 2… Gone.
I know many people that do these world event’s, one after another, every day. I can’t do that anymore, it really feels like a scheduled task at the office.
Stumbling upon those events by accident was really cool as a new player…
